Check-protector.



S. T. THORSON.

CHECK PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. 1916.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

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S. T. THORSON.

CHECK PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. 1916.

1,209,076. Patented Dec. 19,1916.

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Application filed February 9,1916. Serial No. 77,796.

To all whom it may concern ,f

Be it known that I, SAMU L T. THORSQN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have in-, vented certain new and useful Improvements in Check-Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to check perforators, and has for its object the prcduction in a machine having a plurality of alined perforating devices of means for moving the check a predetermined distance at the completion of each operation of either of the perforating devices.

The present invention is an improvement upon the device shown and described in Letters Patent, No. 1,153,832, issued tome Sept. 14, 1915.

The invention consists of a movable carriage adapted to travel in a path parallel to the alined perforating devices and having mounted thereon a pivoted member adapted to actuate a selected perforating device.

It furtherconsists in mechanism associated with said actuating member for feeding the check automatically a predetermined distance during the return of said acposition at the completion of each perforating operation.

It further consists in providing the trav-, eling carriage with manually controlled means for feeding the check. The invention further consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be fully understood by reference to the description of the drawings and to the claims hereinafter given. I

Of the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan of a machine embodying the principles of the present invention. Fig. 2 represents a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section of the same on line 33 on Fig. 1. Fig. 1 represents a rear elevation of the traveling carriage and actuating device. Fig. 5 represents a side ele- I Fig, 6 represents an inverted plan of the end of one of the perforating members, and Fig. 7 represents a portion of a strip of paper showing the characters perforated therein by the machine.

Similar characters designate like parts throughout the several figures of the draw ings.

In the drawings, arin se r it rear 10 is a weighted frame 9. 2 rare 1 The upper face of the frame 1O has secured thereto, by means of the screw 12, a plate 13 provided with a depression 14L in the tor. ward end thereof, which depression is r lent d e eo t na iek we uper posed upon theplate 13 isa plate I a plurality of alined perforations 17 therein immediately over the, inlring pad" 15. Abore the n r Pl e and e rated ere m'ereept at t r a e g die a a; il en P ate ha a plur ty. 2 s ted perforations 19, registering with the perforatio s 17. II I 18 at 20, is a plate 21 provided. with aplurality of forwardly extendingfingers The forward end of each of these fingers 22 is provided with a plurality of needles 23 i p e m s an r eiee n fr m the under face thereof, these needles being positioned relatively to each other to. fern characters such as the numerals 1, 2, 3, etc, or letters forming the words dollars, and e t I I I The upper face of each finger 22 is provided with a recessed pad 24. Between the plate 21 and the resilientlplate 18 is a Spring m mbe b ari aga ns the fingers 22and normally retaining said fingers raised pcsition, as indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The rear edges of the plates 13,, 1d, and 18 bear against a shou de 6 term n th b d r m l a gl .are all secured to said frame by means of the single screw 12.; Beneath the plate 13 and v d e eto a d to the under p a e 18 a 2 i la e 281 the forwar n or w h ha an inte ne fl ng 29 m ing a guide. The under face of the'plate 13 has also secured thereto at 30 beneath the recess 1% an angular member 31 provided with a guide groove The forward end of the plate 13 is also provided with guide gro0ve33 immediately above the groove A plate 34 is a dapted to travel longitudinallyof the grooves-32 and 3 3,'these grooves the end faces ofv i et th re ilien pus being paralleljwith'thealined perforations 17 and 19. To the front face'of this plate 'is secured member 35, said fmember having secured to its under side a projection 36 extending beneath the guide flange 29. The plate 34, member 35, and projecting member 36, form a carriage which is adapt ed to, travel in a path parallel to and'in front of the alined perforations 17 and 19.

- ivoted at 37 to the plate?? secured the up er pa ties r the member 5 1,? at

actuating member 38 having a recessed por tion 39 adapted to receive the thumb or finger of the operator when it is desired to depress said actuating member 38. This actuating member 38 is normally retained in raised position by means of the spring 40 surrounding the pivot 37 with its ends extending rearwardly from said pivot and coacting respectively with the plates 37 X and the inner wall of the actuating member 38. Secured to the rear end ofthe actuating member 38 is a block 41 projecting downwardly therefrom and having its lower end slightly curved. When the actuating member 38 is depressed the lower end of the block 41 will enter the recess in the pad 24 of a selected perforating member 2223 and depress said member so that the needles thereof will pass through a check or other piece of material inserted between the under plate 16 and the resilient plate 18. The downward movement of the actuating member 38 is limited by means of the upwardly extending projection 42 on said member 35. hen the needles 23 pass through the check or other material, the lower ends will extend into the ink pad 15 and cause the perforations to be inked on the return movement of the needles 23 to their normal position. The actuating member 38 has extending from one side thereof the studs 4344. Between these studs 4344 is positioned the rear end of a lever 45 pivoted at 46, the forward end of said lever having articulated thereto at 47 a downwardly extending member or pawl 48, the lower end of which is adapted to engage a ratchet 49 revoluble with a feed roll 50 mounted in the member 35.

When the actuating member 38 is depressed the stud 43 will strike the rear end of the lever 45 and move it about its pivot 46 so that the pawl member 48 will be raised a predetermined distance and engage new teeth upon the ratchet 49. This pawl member 48 is of tempered steel and so constructed as to retain its engagement with the teeth of the ratchet 49 at all times. Secured to the member 35 is an ear 51 which serves as a guide to insure the vertical movement of the pawl 48 when the lever 45 is moved about its pivot. 7 When the actuating member 38 is returned to its normal position indicated in Fig. 3, the stud 44 will engage with the lower edge ofthe lever 45 and depress the pawl 48, causing the ratchet 49 and feed roll 50 to be moved a predetermined distance about their axes. This movement of the feed roll moves the check or other material a distance equal to the width of a perforating character and the space required between two successive characters. The feed roll 50 coacts with the bed roll 52 immediately above the feed roll 50 and mounted on a shaft 53 revoluble in Bars 54 extending downwardly from the under portion of the U-shaped member 55 formed integral with the plate 37*. The U-shaped member 55 is provided with extensions 56 adapted to be grasped by the fingers of the operator and moved toward each other to lift the bed roll 52 from the feed roll 50 when it is desired to position the check or other material to be operated upon.

The member 35 has forwardly extending been once adjusted for the size and style of check used in an office, no further ad justment thereof is required as long as that particular style of check remains in use.

The forward face of the plate 31 is provided with a plurality of detents 62, one for each of the perforating devices 2223. In a recess in the rear face of the plate 34 is a spring member 63 provided with a V-shaped projection 64 adapted to enter one of the detents 62 when the carriage has been moved along the guides 29, 32, and 33 into a position where the actuating member 38 registers with a selected perforating device 2223.

The shaft 65 of the feed roll 50 extends through the front wall of the member and has secured thereto a ratchet 66. This shaft. 65 also has loosely mounted thereon a manually controlled arm 67 carrying a spring finger 68 adapted to engage the teeth of the ratchet 66 when said arm 67 has been moved about the aXis of the shaft 65. The movement of the arm 67 in either direction is limited by the projecting studs 68 and 69. This arm 67 is provided with an index finger 7O movable over the surface of the cylindrical flange 71 projecting forwardly from the member 35. This flange is provided with designating character 72, which with the stud 68 serves to indicate the proper positions said arm 67 must be moved into to move the feed roll the required distance to remove the perforated portion of a check from beneath the cents and dollars perforating devices, so that the perforation made by the next perforating member when depressed will not overlap the perforations formed by the dollars or cents perforating members. When the device is in operation the arm 67 is in contact with the stop member 68 and remains in this position whenever one of the narrow selected perforating members is operated.

at Self-evident from n inspecti n of the drawings that the movable carriage is always centered with the center of the vari ous perforating members, and these members vary in width, the cents perforating member being wider than the narrow perforating members carrying a single figure, while the dollars perforating member is much wider than the member used for perforating the word cents. As a consequence of this variation in the width of the various perforating members, when it is desired to perforate the word dollars the arm 67 is moved to the right of Fig. 2 into contact with the stop member 69 and then is moved to the stud 68*. This operation will move the paper a distance equal to the width of one-half of the width of the dollars perforating member, less onehalf the width of one of the narrow perforating members. The dollars perforating member is then depressed and on the upward movement of the member 38 the paper will be fed a distance equal to the width of a narrow perforating member and the space between two perforated characters. After the dollars perforating member 74: has been depressed, the movement of the arm 67 to the stop 69 and back to the stop 68 is repeated, and the device is in position for the operation of any one of the narrowperforating members 22 the last movement of the arm 67 having moved the paper a distance equal to one-half of the dollars perforating member less one-half the width of a narrow perforating member. When it is desired to perforate the word cents in the check, the arm 67 is moved into contact with the stop member 69 and then to the designating character 72, thereby moving the paper a distance equal to one-half the width of the cents perforating member less onehalf the width of one of the narrow perforating members. The check perforating member is then in position for the cents perforating member 7 5, to be depressed. As

the word cents is always the last word to be perforated and is to be followed by no other word or character, it is unnecessary to repeat the movement of the arm 67, as would be necessary if it was desired that any other character should follow said word cents.

WVhen the perforation'of the check has been completed the perforations in the check 76 will look as shown in Fig. 7 of the drawlngs.

This provides a very simple construction of check protector containing a minimum number of parts and thereby making it inexpensive to construct.

It is believed that the operation and many advantages of this invention will befully understood from the foregoing descriptlon.

Having thus described my inventlon, I claim:

1 a d i e a? the class des r d, he

' roll; a pawl engaging therewith;

rating devices; a carriage adapted to travel in a path parallel with said perforating de vices; a member pivoted to said carriage and adapted to be moved about its pivot to actuate a selected perforating device; a roll mounted on said carriage for feeding the material being operated upon; automatic means actuated by said pivoted member for moving said feed roll about its axis a predetermined amount; independent manually controlled means for moving said roll about its axis; and stop members for limiting the movement of said independent means in opposite directions.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a plurality of alined perforating devices; a carriage adapted to travel in a path parallel with said perforating devices; a member pivoted to said carriage and adapted to be moved about its pivot to actuate a selected perforating device; a roll mounted on said carriage for feeding the material being operated upon; automatic means actuated by said pivoted member for moving said feed roll about its axis a predetermined amount; a ratchet wheel revoluble with said feed roll; an oscillating arm movable about the aXis of said feed roll; and a resilient member secured to said arm and normally engaging the teeth of said ratchet wheel.

, 3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a plurality of alined perforating devices; a carriage adapted to travel in a path parallel with said perforating devices; a member pivoted to said carriage and adapted to be moved about its pivot to actuate a selected perforating device; a roll mounted on said carriage for feeding the material being operated upon; automatic means actuated by said pivoted member for moving said feed roll about its aXis a predetermined amount; a ratchet wheel revoluble with said feed roll; an oscillating arm movable about the axis of said feed roll; a resilient member secured to said arm and normally engaging'the teeth of said ratchet wheel; and stop members on said carriage to limit the movement of said arm in opposite directions.

4. In a device of the class described the combination of a plurality of alined perforating devices; a carriage adapted to travel in a path parallel with said perforating devices; a member pivoted to said carriage and adapted to be moved about its pivot to actuate a selected perforating device; a roll mounted on said carriage for feeding the material being operated upon; a ratchet wheel revoluble with said feed a spring for moving said pivoted member upward about its pivot; a pivoted lever articulated a n end to said pawl; and st ds on a d vice; a feed roll mounted on said carriage;

means for moving said roll about its axis predetermined amounts; a U-shaped resil ient member above said feed roll having depending ears on 1ts lowest arm, said reslllent member forming a partof the carriage and moving therewith relatively to said perforating devices; and a bed roll revolubly mounted in said ears and normally contacting with said feed roll.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination of a frame; a plate secured thereto provided with alined depressions to receive inking pads; a plate superimposed thereon having alined perforations above said inking pads; another resilient plate positioned above said perforated plate and provided With perforations registering with the perforations of the lower perforated plate; and a plurality of resilient members positioned above said resilient plate and each having a plurality of perforating needles normally above said resilient plate but adapted to be forced through the perforations in said resilient and under plates.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination of a frame; a plate secured thereto provided with alined depressions Copies of this patent may be obtained for to receive inking pads a plate superimposed thereon having alined perforations above said inking pads; another resilient plate positioned above said perforated plate and provided with perforations registering with the perforations of the lower perforated plate; and a plurality of resilient members thereon having alined perforations above said inking pads; another resilient plate positioned above said perforated plate and provided with perforations registering with the perforations of the lower perforated plate; a plurality of resilient members each having a plurality of perforating needles normally above said resilient plate but adapted to be forced through the perforations in said resilient and under plates;

guide members secured to said under plate;

a carriage movable on said guide members; and means mounted on said carriage for depressing a selected resilient needle-carryingmember.

Signed by me at 4 Post Ofiice St}, Boston, Mass, this 7th day of February, 1916.

SAMUEL T. THORSON.

lVitnesses WALTER E. LoMBARD, NATHAN C. LOMBARD.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

